Arsenal 1-3 Bayern Munich: Anatomy of a Shambolic Defense

The inquest into last weekend's capitulation in the FA Cup largely missed the point. Brickbats galore were directed at the players, with accusations of arrogance and lack of effort. I disagree.

At a more macro level, the book on this team is that they just don't have the horses to compete against better teams. Again, I disagree. My favorite hockey team, the Montreal Canadiens, have largely the same roster that they did last season. They have 9 wins in 14 games so far...last season, it took 24 attempts to reach that milestone. Guess what they did?

If you guessed "change the coach and general manager", you win a cookie! Same team. Same players. New coach, new discipline, new determination, ...